On Oct 19, 7:35 pm, jhaagmans <jaap.haagm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not behind it right now, but would the following work?
>
> require 'net/http'
>
> url = URI.parse(params[:url])
> http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
> response = http.send_request('GET', '/')
> puts response.body
>
well it would check you can make a request to that domain (assuming no
dns tomfoolery), obviously doesn't check if there is any thing valid
at that url
Fred
> Thank you.
>
> On 19 okt, 20:18, Frederick Cheung <frederick.che...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Oct 19, 6:59 pm, jhaagmans <jaap.haagm...@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi,
>
> > > For an app I need users to put in the domain name their website is
> > > hosted on. It's important that this domain works, so I'd like my app
> > > to check this. I'd like to be able to process the response. If it
> > > returns a 404 error or maybe even a 500 error I'd like it to have the
> > > method return true, but also a message saying there's something the
> > > user needs to look into at their end. If the domain is unavailable (so
> > > there is no record in the zonefile) I'd like the method to return
> > > false and return an error message saying the domain is invalid. Of
> > > course, if it passes with a 200 message, I'd like it to return true
> > > and a success message.
>
> > > Is this possible and how?
>
> > Well you could use the ruby name resolving classes or make an http
> > request with Net::HTTP (although beware of DNS servers that lie when
> > the domain doesn't exist)
>
> > Fred
>
> > > Thank you very much!
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